Kaohsiung vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$361	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	80	69
😀 Quality of life	83	46
🏙️ Population	2.73M	11.1M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 133% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 5750th and 8934th ($956 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Taiwan and Pakistan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.4 months in Lahore. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 417th and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Lahore

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	Kaohsiung	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$1172

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601

Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346